New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-03
THE MUSEUMS LATEST GIFT
JUDGE HILTON PRESENTS MEIssoyIEga
FAMOUS 1907"

Mr.. STEWARDS 100000 PAINTING BECOMES THn
PROPERTY OF The CITY.
surprise awaits the friends OF the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art at the annual reception to-day. for they
will Messoniers noted "1s07" hanging 10 the gall
ery OF the among the pictures recently gvsa
by Mr. seney This famous painting Is now tho property
OF the museum having been given to 1t by ex-Tudgo
Hilton who purchased at the Stewart sale for $4,000
Mr. Stewart paid Meissones, who painted IL for him.
100000 fr this work With the MessonIer Mr. Hilton
also presented "The Defence Of Champigny." BY
Edouard Detaille, Of the best examples OF thas
artist It's painting about the size the
"1so7" and its value said to be not less that 100000
Mr. Hilton In presenting this picture wrote as follows
Mr. JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON. President Me'ropOsiia"
@nca pleasure in placing q, yUTr S
pSsSs rT T 1901 ~ Mssssns The pc
ene 81 10 Se Of nv sns the late 4 + stewart
and By me at che sale % s S ice %
70 the end that belong 70 AMI &c
DetaIe as his masterpiece hope you viii with "a
thinking worthy to be companion to veTy ,pny
Mr. Johnston replied:
May 1887.
DKAR SIR II gives me great pleasure behalf OF the Met
r9ROsn p ATI 70 3 Ds
fence Of champgny me forme in memory o. your friend
n Ss o o because q the aest men, es
Citizens which has done 90 much this winter the
truly, JoaS TAYLOR JOHNSTON
In addition to Mr. Htons gift, Horace Russell. his
son-inlaw, presents to the museum Carl Won Pilotys
"Thusneda at the Trumpha Entry of Germanicus into
Rome" Mr. Russell purchased this at the Stewart sale
for $4,000 1t painted for Mr. Stewart and he paid
$4,000 for it, larger copy was made subsequently ior
the Emperor William.
The arrangement of the pictures places at the north
end the gallery "The Horse Fair OF Rosa
Bonheur, given. by Cornelius Vanderbilt to the museum
Mr. Stewart paid 100000 for The Horse Fair, andtwas
bought by Mr. Vanderbilt for $4,000 As companion
to The Horse Fair at the south end Of the gallery Is
tIe fine painting OF vacslav Brozik Columbus at the
Court of Ferdinand and Isabelle which was purchased
museum last year In the middle Of the gallery the
west side hangs Friedland. 1907 and directly oppo
Detale has little aud it occupies an excellent
position. Among the pictures presented by nr seneg
Evening" by Charles. II. Davis; Expectation" and
1.-THE Bashfu sSto by josef israeli es She w isea
WITCH by the same artist George innesss Eyenng
Mauve; Boatmen at Barcelona" BY v. Baixeras and
"A Cosey Corner" by Francis d. Mlet In tns gallery
Leon Augusn Lhermitte; Resignation" by Ferdinant
schauss, presented TO the museum py william william
Say presented by several geuemen the Glass
Blowers by Charles f. Urich which received the prize
bition In theiluseum for the first tine ~ ~
The first west gallery has Henry Lerolle's organ Re-
site it The Balloon by Jules Dnpre both gifts Of Mr.
Seney The remainder OF Mr. seneys pictures IN TINS
gallery are "Sprng." by Bolton Jones'; Nydia" Dy
George Fuller MSonTise in Venice s ~
Louis Demont Carl Mars +" The Mystery OF Lie!
"view in County Kerry" by WANT Inc ~ pIioty
Mr. Russels gift placed at the north end OF inc ga
iery ON the east side is on the Old Sod by William
McIirath presented by DR.. Walter L. Carr ana on the
west side OF the gallery Bad News new picture from
the Paris Salon of 1884 loaned by the artist Tue mod
ern paintings on exhibition number l26 In the eas
gallery allotted the pictures Of old masters there are
$50 specimens Several Of these are new aud are v
Mrs Bayard Taylor An Italian Landscape by saiva
tor Rosa is also exhibition for the first time III the
Museum loaned by Robert c. Hall, OF san Francesca.
The pictures given by Mrs. Wolfe have not been re-
ceiyed as yet and will not be placed Oh exhibition
until next spring, when the new gaLary IS
complete in modern pictures ever presented
Inv the museum Since the first OF the year the gllts
have ar9regated over 81 100000 in value. Although
Judge Hiltons Intended gift made known to few
weeks ago 10 was not untii friuaS INA. ne
were received at the Museum, and the secret was KEPT
until the private view yesterday ai1erdoon from th an
nua sprug reception the trustees and members OF the
museum will view the pictures, anu tonofIo" suo'
will he omen the public.